Overview
The GatewayClient represents a connection to a network interface, such as a zigbee module. It allows a user to query for, and interact with, remote network devices without knowing anything about the underlying network or communication protocols.
The GatewayClient API offers methods to construct and shutdown the GatewayClient, grab the connection information of the underlying network interface, interact with Devices, as well as add/remove event listeners, and perform firmware upgrades of the underlying network interface (i.e. module). It also offers some network management methods.
Constructors, Shutdown, and Connection Info API
GatewayClient(ConnectionInfo)
Usage
Creates a GatewayClient object that represents a single network interface.
Will attempt to automatically form a network on the given interface.
Parameters
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| ConnectionInfo | Represents a network interface that the GatewayClient can connect to. |
Returns
A newly constructed GatewayClient object connected to the network interface described by the ConnectionInfo object.
Will attempt to form a network on the network interface.
Will return an exception if the client cannot connect to, or configure, the network interface.
Example
GatewayClient gw = new GatewayClient(new ConnectionInfo(ConnectionType.ZIGBEE_UART, "/dev/ttyUSB0"));
GatewayClient(ConnectionInfo, DeviceEventListener)
Usage
Creates a GatewayClient object that represents a single network interface, with an attached DeviceEventListener that will be called when DeviceEvents are received.
Parameters
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| ConnectionInfo | Represents a network interface that the GatewayClient can connect to. |
| DeviceEventListener | An instance of a class that implements the DeviceEventListener interface (or a lambda that does the same). |
Returns
A newly constructed GatewayClient object connected to the network interface described by the ConnectionInfo object, that will call the registered DeviceEventListener when a DeviceEvent is received.
Will attempt to form a network on the network interface.
Will return an exception if the client cannot connect to, or configure, the network interface.
Example
// Example of a lambda implementation of the DeviceEventListener parameter.
// Will simply print the event that is received from the Device with the given ID.
GatewayClient gw = new GatewayClient(new ConnectionInfo(ConnectionType.ZIGBEE_UART, "/dev/ttyUSB0"),
(event) -> {
System.out.println("Device Event: " + event.getStatus());
System.out.println("Device: " + event.getDevice().getID());
}
);
shutdown()
Usage
Performs a graceful shut down of the GatewayClient, allowing for all subsystems to save any critical data and release system resources, such as file handles, open ports, user threads, etc.
This is a blocking call and is not thread-safe.
Parameters
None.
Returns
True if the system shut down gracefully; false otherwise.
Example
GatewayClient gw = new GatewayClient(new ConnectionInfo(ConnectionType.ZIGBEE_UART, "/dev/ttyUSB0")); ... gw.shutdown(); ...
getConnectionInfo()
Usage
Gets a list of ConnectionInfo descriptors that the GatewayClient knows about.
Parameters
None.
Returns
Collection<ConnectionInfo> containing one ConnectionInfo object per network interface that the GatewayClient knows about.
Example
GatewayClient gw = new GatewayClient(new ConnectionInfo(ConnectionType.ZIGBEE_UART, "/dev/ttyUSB0"));
...
for (ConnectionInfo c : gw.getConnectionInfo()) {
System.out.println("Connected to port: " + c.getValue());
}